Happy new year, Bona Fide friends,

You’ve probably heard of the slow food movement, created in response to fast food ubiquity and the loss of local foods and traditions. In 2010, I’d like to support a slow read movement, one that encourages a deep engagement with reading. This isn’t an anti-technology screed — I’m all for anything that keeps people reading. But I’d like to encourage a commitment to valuing the transformative power of storytelling, and to enriching communities through storytelling. To that end, Bona Fide Books is deepening its commitment to stories that are often shut out of the faster-moving stream. Mountain people & fringe dwellers, send us your news!

Thanks for reading,

Kim Wyatt, editor & publisher, Bona Fide Books